Meet the Team

Mrs Larkin (Mon-Wed) and Mrs Woodcock (Thu-Fri)  - Classteachers

Mrs Larkin: I have been teaching at Wellgate for over 6 years now, I have worked in Year 5 and Year 4 and I am really looking forward to teaching in Year 6 this year. I am really looking forward to helping the children improve throughout the year, seeing themselves get better and being proud of themselves. I love learning new ways to do things and helping the children to do that too! My favourite hobby is going out for food with my family and friends. I have two sisters who love doing the same thing too! I have two boys, who I love spending all my free time with. I'm looking forward to getting stuck into Year 6 and having a fun year with my class!

1. Describe yourself in three words.  Chatty, caring, and thoughtful
2. What are you most proud of? My two little boys!
3. What is your favourite children’s book to read? The Harry Potter Series – I love them all!
4. What do you enjoy about education? Why? Helping children to improve and seeing themselves get better and be proud of themselves!
5. What do you enjoy learning? Learning new ways to do things 
6. What is the hardest thing you have ever accomplished? My degree
7. What is your star sign?  Scorpio

Mrs Woodcock: I thoroughly enjoy my job as a teacher. I love seeing lightbulb moments in the children that I teach, sharing knowledge with them and supporting them in their learning. I’m thoughtful, hardworking and determined and I believe that all these qualities support me in my role.
I have two young boys who I’m incredibly proud of – I absolutely love being a mum!
​In my spare time, I enjoy exploring new places with my family, playing games and eating. My absolute favourite food in the whole wide world is pizza and my favourite type of ice-cream is Ben and Jerry’s Cookie Dough.
I would love to be able to speak a different language fluently or play a musical instrument. My life is incredibly busy at the moment but one day hopefully I’ll have the time to achieve one of these things. 
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Mrs Alvarez - Teaching Assistant

Mrs Smith - Teaching Assistant 

I have been a teaching assistant at Wellgate for 20 years, and have worked in every year group throughout school. 
I am married to Fernando,  who is a doctor, and I have 1 daughter called Liz. I also have 5 dogs called Lily, Rosie, Tottie, Tilly and Darcey, who are very naughty.

​1. Describe yourself in three words. Caring, helpful, noisy
2. What are you most proud of?  My daughter – she’s great!
3. What is your favourite children’s book to read?  Meg and Mog books – I loved to draw the illustrations when I was little.
4. What do you enjoy about education? Why?  So many things. Working with Team Wellgate; all the children past and present that I have worked with; passing on my knowledge and experience and learning new things personally.
5. What do you enjoy learning? Anything to with art. 
6. Do you speak any languages? Ein bisschen Deutsch und Spanish 

Hello, I am Mrs Smith and I have loved being a teaching assistant at Wellgate for 25 years. I have three beautiful daughters Emma, Lucy (Mrs Haywood) and Beth and I also have a little cockapoo called Daisy. 

​1. Describe yourself in three words.  Friendly  Happy   Caring 
2. What are you most proud of?  My family 
3. What is your favourite children’s book to read?   Mrs Pepperpot was my favourite when I was younger 
4. What do you enjoy about education? Why?  I love helping  the children learn because the look on a child's face when they understand is priceless. 
5. What is the hardest thing you have ever accomplished?  Raising my three daughters because unfortunately they don’t come with instructions and sometimes you get things wrong.  
6. Who inspires you?  My dad inspired me he was my hero. 
7. Which city would you most like to live in?  This one is easy ST IVES ​

Days to remember...
Monday – P.E. 
New spellings to be given and spelling activity taken home
Spelling activity and spelling rules discussed 
Maths homework handed out and returned throughout the week
Reading records & reading books can be returned to class and changed throughout the week.

What do we learn about in class 6BL/JW?

 by Louis 
Each day we will complete our Reading, Writing and Maths Lesson.

Autumn Term
During the Autumn Term, our class text will be Crater Lake and Tom's Midnight Garden
Science – Light and Electricity
History - Ancient Maya
Geography - North America and Trade
Art & Design – Painting and Drawing: Claude Monet
Design Technology (DT) – Structures: Textiles and creating our own pencil case
Religious Education (RE) - Christianity
Computing –  Communication and Web Page creation  
​Music – Developing melodic phrases and Understanding structure
P.E. - Games:Basketball and Gym: Flight
Personal, Social, Health, Economic Education (PSHEE) - Health & Wellbeing and Relationships
French - Phonetics (Core Vocabulary, Regular and Irregular Verbs) and At school 

Spring Term
​ During the Spring Term, our class text will be Holes and Benjamin Zephaniah  
Science – Living Things and Evolution
History - Civil Rights
Geography - Rivers
Art & Design – Painting: Roy Lichtenstein and Pop Art 
Religious Education (RE) - Buddhism
Computing –  Programming and Game variability 
​Music – Performance and Rotation
P.E. - Dance, Outdoor Activities and Games: Rugby
Personal, Social, Health, Economic Education (PSHEE) - Keeping Safe and Friendships
French - Healthy Lifestyles and The Weekend 

Summer Term
During the Summer Term, our class text will be Oh Maya Gods and The Boy who made everyone laugh  
​ Science – Animals
History - Monarchy
Geography - Mountains, Volcanoes and Earthquakes
Art & Design – Sculpture: Islamic Art
Design Technology (DT) – Electrical Circuits: Fairground RIdes
Religious Education (RE) - Islam
Computing –  Programming and Spreadsheets
​Music – Chords and Composition
P.E. - Games: Tennis and Cricket
Personal, Social, Health, Economic Education (PSHEE) - Responsibilities and Growing Up
French - Moi dans le mode and Viking

You can see our learning by visiting our Year 6 blog.